### What this PR does / why we need it?
This pull request adds the release notes for `v0.17.0rc1`. It also
updates version numbers across various documentation files, including
`README.md`, `README.zh.md`,
`docs/source/community/versioning_policy.md`, and `docs/source/conf.py`
to reflect the new release.
- vLLM version: v0.17.0
- vLLM main:
4034c3d32e
vLLM Ascend Plugin documents
Live doc: https://docs.vllm.ai/projects/ascend
Build the docs
# Install dependencies.
pip install -r requirements-docs.txt
# Build the docs.
make clean
make html
# Build the docs with translation
make intl
# Open the docs with your browser
python -m http.server -d _build/html/
Launch your browser and open:
- English version: http://localhost:8000
- Chinese version: http://localhost:8000/zh_CN